Airbus A380 Completes First Commercial Flight & A Time Lapse Video

Airbus' monstrous A380 jet is something to behold. The BBC has released a time lapse video of the huge A380 being built for Singapore Airlines. See video below.

Writes the Guardian Unlimited's Gillian Wong on board the A380's first commercial flight:

A Singapore Airlines A380 made aviation history Thursday, completing the first commercial flight by the world's largest jetliner that boasts luxurious suites, double beds and the quietest interior of any plane.

With 455 passengers, the Airbus superjumbo lifted off safely from Singapore's Changi Airport and landed about seven hours later in Sydney. Also on board Flight SQ380 were a crew of about 30, including four pilots.

Flight attendants handed out champagne and certificates to passengers, some of whom paid tens of thousands of dollars in an online auction for the seats.

``I have never been in anything like this in the air before in my life,'' said Australian Tony Elwood, reclining with his wife, Julie, on the double bed in their private first-class suite.

``It is going to make everything else after this simply awful,'' he said, sipping Dom Perignon rose after a lunch of marinated lobster and double boiled chicken soup. He paid $50,000 for the two places.

Since Boeing is a Chicago-based company, I'm personally biased toward their products, but I assume that sooner or later, we'll be seeing the Airbus A380 flying around the area on its way to the international terminal at O'Hare Airport. Lufthansa plans to fly a Chicago to Frankfurt route using the A380 in 2008.

Video: Singapore Airlines' A380 being built in time lapse

Video: Airbus A380's First Commercial Flight